After resounding defeat in Texas, calls for Beto to run for president in 2020

Democrat Rep. Robert O’Rourke raised $70 million to defeat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and still lost by more than 100,000 votes. Texans weren’t having any of his fake Mexican nonsense.

O’Rourke was described by Channel 4 News as having “a skateboard, a young family and modern political instincts to match”, the BBC called him a “rising star” but last night despite the overwhelmingly positive coverage of his campaign he fell short of winning by 100,000s of votes.

In 2014, O’Rourke raised $700,000 to be elected to congress by 3.2 million votes. Four years later and four million votes later, Democrats spent $17.5 per vote compared to 22 cents per vote in 2014– and still lost.

Quote of the Day

"Just getting off the phone with the league office. They blew the call. Man, there were a lot of opportunities though, but that call puts it first-and-10 and we'd only need three plays. It's a game-changing call. That's where it's at, so it's disappointing. For a call like that not to be made, it's just hard to swallow."
- Saints head coach Sean Payton in his post-game press conference after his team was robbed of a Super Bowl bid by a criminal no-call on pass interference with less than two minutes in Sunday's game.